David H. McCormick

David H. McCormick
Co-CEO at Bridgewater Associates and former Under Secretary for International Affairs
In office
2007–2009
President George W. Bush
Personal details
Alma mater U.S. Military Academy at West Point Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

David H. McCormick is the former Under Secretary for International Affairs within the United States Department of the Treasury and one of the Chief Executive Officer's at Bridgewater Associates. [1]

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Education

McCormick graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with a B.S. in mechanical engineering, and from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University with a Ph.D. [2]

Career

McCormick was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company Inc. and in 1999 became the vice president and general manager of Core Business Markets. [3] [2]

In 2002 McCormick became the President of FreeMarkets Inc and in 2003 became its chief executive officer (CEO). From 2004 to 2005 he was the president of Ariba, a publicly traded software company.[2][4]

McCormick was deputy national security advisor for international economic policy and President Bush's personal representative to the G-8 industrialized countries. He also served as Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration. [2]

McCormick became the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security[5]and later served as Deputy National Security Advisor to the President for International Economic Affairs and was sworn as undersecretary for the U.S. Treasury Department under George W. Bush on August 14, 2007.[2]

He was a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon's Heinz College and served as a Distinguished Service Professor of Information Technology, Public Policy and Management at the Washington, DC campus.[6]

McCormick serves as a Trustee of Aspen Institute.[2]

Personal life

He is a former captain in the Army and a veteran of the first Gulf War.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bridgewater Associates Truth Probings Are About to Get Turbo Charged Deal Breaker, July 18 2011 Bess Levin
  2. ^ a b c d e f Businessweek Bio: David McCormick
  3. ^ a b "U.S. Treasury - Biography of David H. McCormick, Under Secretary for International Affairs". Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071107110214/http://www.treasury.gov/organization/bios/mccormick-e.html. Retrieved September 21, 2007. 
  4. ^ (October 2011) IRISH AMERICA'S ANNUAL WALL STREET 50 TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, Irish America, Pg. 44 Vol. 26 No. 6, Copyright 2011 Irish Voice, Inc.
  5. ^ "Biography - David H. McCormick". Archived from the original on August 25, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070825110530/http://www.bis.doc.gov/about/DMcCormick.htm. Retrieved September 21, 2007. 
  6. ^ "Former Undersecretary for International Affairs Joins Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College in D.C.". Carnegie Mellon University. 2009-04-07. http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/news/news-detail/index.aspx?nid=921.